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Faculty
Our professors are distinguished scholars, active researchers, published writers, and faithful Christians who demonstrate what it means to be both Christ-followers and leaders in their academic fields. As mentors and role models, they play a huge role in the integration of faith and learning at Bethel.
Department chair
Brian Beecken
Professor of Physics and Engineering | beebri@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1988
Dr. Beecken received his M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Minnesota and then spent 2 years on the engineering technical staff at Texas Instruments. One of his research interests is modeling the charging of dielectrics on spacecraft, and he has collaborated with both NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Air Force Research Lab in Boston and Albuquerque. Other research interests are optical detectors, including work on infrared detector limitations at Arnold Engineeri. . . read more.
Andrew Bramsen
Associate Professor of Political Science | a-bramsen@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2013
Bramsen teaches courses on African politics, comparative politics, democracy, and research, writing and faith integration in political science. He also teaches in and co-directs Bethel's Humanities Program. In addition to his work at Bethel, he serves as pastor at Resurrection Anglican Church in Robbinsdale, Minnesota.
Sherryse Corrow
Professor of Psychology | shc62369@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Dr. Corrow received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Minnesota State University, Moorhead, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in child psychology with an emphasis in cognitive neuroscience from the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She also completed four years of postdoctoral training in neuroscience (emphasis in neurology/ophthalmology and visual sciences) at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Sherryse teaches courses pertaining to cogniti. . . read more.
Julie De Haan, EdD, RN
Professor of Nursing | j-de-haan@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2011
Julie has a wide range of nursing experience including PICU, adult medical ICU, outpatient services, private duty, clinic nursing, and telemetry. Research interests include collaborative testing, use of exam item best practices, improving exam items to develop clinical judgment.
Eydie Dyke-Shypulski
Professor of Social Work | eydie-shypulski@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015
Dr. Eydie Dyke-Shypulski (LICSW) has served as the chair of the Department of Social Work at Bethel University, MSW program director, and professor of social work.
Amy Dykstra
Professor of Biological Sciences | a-b-dykstra@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2011
Dykstra's research interests include the ecology, conservation, and population genetics of native plants. She collaborates with the Echinacea Project to study narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia), a native prairie plant. Recently, Dykstra's students have been studying the use of goats to control invasive buckthorn.
Chris Gehrz
Professor of History | cgehrz@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2003
Gehrz teaches courses on international, European, military, and sports history. He is the author or editor of three books on the Christian movement known as Pietism. His most recent publication is a spiritual biography of Charles A. Lindbergh.
Nathan Gossett
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science | gosnat@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2007
Gossett coaches Bethel's COMAP math team, which competes annually in the International Mathematical Modeling Competition, as well as Bethels ACM International Collegiate Programming Competition teams. His academic publications include works on information visualization, non-photorealistic rendering, tree modeling and rendering, and outdoor laser scanning applications.
Merrin Guice Gill
Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities | meg25835@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019
Bethel Choir (SATB), Festival Choir (SATB), Choral Conducting, Music History, Opera, Musical Theatre, Ethnomusicology
Amanda Hamilton
Professor of Art | amanda-hamilton@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2013
Painting, time-based media
Mary Ann Harris
Professor of Business | m-harris@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2005
Creativity and cognitive processing of marketing messages. Dissertation focus was the impact of storytelling advertisements on memory and emotion.
Stacy Hepburn
Assistant Professor of Social Work | sth68447@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Professor Hepburn was born and raised in New York. Practicing as a clinician in New York City developed her skills as a clinical social worker. She received a Bachelor's in Social Work from SUNY College at Brockport and a Master's in Social Work from New York University. Growing up in a diverse neighborhood as a first-generation American influenced her passion for community and relationships with various people. She completed her first social work field placement in San Jose, Costa Rica, wh. . . read more.
Leah Jackson
Associate Professor of Applied Health Sciences | leah-jackson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2016
Beyond the classroom, Leah remains current in her practice of physical therapy specializing in patients who have suffered neurological injuries including spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury (and concussion), and is expanding her knowledge in the areas of vestibular integration and visual performance. Her current areas of research include postural restoration theories.
Peggy Kendall
Professor of Communication Studies | p-kendall@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1999
Kendall is a recent Fulbright Scholar who conducted research in Poland on issues related to eldercare. Her current work explores how TRUST is built in remote workplaces. Drawing on her expertise in communication and technology, she is a sought after keynote speaker, trainer, consultant, and executive coach. She has written 4 books examining the impact of technology, including Trust at a Distance, co-authored with David Horsager and published by Berrett-Koehler.. . . read more.
Rollin King
Professor of Chemistry | rking@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2001
King's research is in the area of computational chemistry, which is the application of quantum mechanics using the tools of modern computing to solve problems in chemistry. He is a primary developer of the PSI4 quantum chemistry package, collaborating with scientists around the world to develop open-source software. King's current research focuses on the modeling polymers for organic photovoltaic cells, determining molecular stereochemistry by computing spectroscopic properties, generating . . . read more.
Erik Leafblad
Assistant Professor of Missional Ministries | ecl59862@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015
Missional Ministries
Jill Martin
Associate Professor of Education | jmartin@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1996
Martin's scholarly interests include content area literacy, reflective teaching, and teacher's use of metacognation. Her teaching specialties include secondary social studies, middle level philosophy and pedagogy, and educational psychology.
Claudia May
Professor of Reconciliation Studies and Program Director of Reconciliation Studies | claudia-may@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015
Dr. Claudia May is a sought after specialist in Reconciliation Studies and has more than two decades of experience working alongside, teaching, and learning from global and national practitioners and leaders in the practices, principles, and theology of reconciliation. Through her writing and teaching, Dr. May examines how Jesus and those he encountered live out reconciliation. She pays particular attention to the agency of those dismissed as irrelevant. She probes how Jesus co-builds rela. . . read more.
Bethany Opsata
Associate Professor of Business | b-opsata@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2001
Organization development and human resource management.
Graciela Perez
Professor of Languages and Cultures | gsp99626@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Dr. Graciela Perez is a professor of Comparative Literature and Comparative Cultures happily joining Bethel University! She has taught, researched and actively engaged in conference presentations internationally in South America, USA and Europe. Her most recent publications include topics like: intercultural spaces, transcultural spaces, and trans literatures, ecocriticism, the transposition of Biblical images to the literary world, the dialogue of cultures among others. Dr. Graciela S. . . . read more.
Kenneth Petersen
Professor of Biological Sciences Emeritus | k-petersen@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2003
Petersen's research interests include responses of wildlife populations and communities to habitat alterations.
Jayanti Ray
Professor of Speech Language and Pathology | j-ray@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Jayanti Ray, PhD, CCC-SLP is the founding program director of the undergraduate and graduate programs in Speech-Language Pathology at Bethel University. She has been teaching for the past 25 years in higher education in the United States. Her current clinical and research interests include communication and cognitive disorders in older adults along with oromyofunctional disorders and voice.
Ripley Smith
Professor of Media Communication | r-smith@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2008
Smith has research interests in social networks and socio-cultural adjustment, trust development in partnerships across cultures and organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), international crisis intervention processes, and prophetic rhetoric.
Wendy Thompson, DNP, MPH, PHN, RN
Associate Professor of Nursing | wendy-thompson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1998
Dr. Thompson is the Program Director for the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program that launched in spring, 2019. She is thrilled to be a part of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program and has taught at Bethel University since 1998. Wendy has over 30 years of experience in public health nursing and healthcare administration. Her interests include nursing leadership, population-focused health care, community engagement, health equity, and healthcare finance. She also has experience in curriculu. . . read more.
April Vinding
Professor of English and Director of Writing | a-vinding@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2005
Vinding teaches a full range of writing classes from composition to StoryForge II, the department's capstone course. Her primary interests are the creative process, the lyric essay, and creative nonfiction that explores nontraditional forms. Her publications include "Triptych," a spiritual memoir that examines faith as a match: a puzzle, a flame, a fight; and, essays, poetry, and scholarly work that probes the interplay of spiritual practice and creative process.. . . read more.
Faculty
Leigh Anne Adams
Adjunct Assistant Professor; Theatre Emphasis | l-adams@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2007
Leigh Anne Adams, Assistant Professor Theatre MA, MFA Affiliate Faculty General Education / General Studies-Theatre Emphasis Academic Counselor: AESC Early Alert Academic Coordinator
Shyla Allard
Assistant Professor of Business | shyla-allard@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2021
I’m Shyla Allard and I’m so excited to join the Business department at Bethel as a marketing professor. I look forward to building relationships with students and helping them develop the unique gifts and skills God has given them. I have a BS in Computer Science from Iowa State University and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Chicago. I also have a long career history in the corporate world in a variety of marketing and business roles, and . . . read more.
Rachel Anderson
Associate Professor of Psychology | rm-anderson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019
Dr. Anderson received her bachelor's degree in Psychology and Biology from Hamline University and her Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of Iowa. She also completed postdoctoral training at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Her research interests include how chronic stress and cortisol influence learning, cognition, and decision making. She has recently been conducting research on how stressful experiences can turn adaptive risk taking behaviors into avoidance . . . read more.
Betsy Anderson
Associate Professor of Communication Studies | bda92679@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2021
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Tanner Auch
Associate Professor of Mathematics | tanner-auch@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Dr. Auch received his Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from MidAmerica Nazarene University in Kansas and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has been an assistant professor at Oklahoma Baptist University and prior to that was a graduate teaching assistant for 5 years and a teacher at Vacaville Christian Schools in California for 4 years. He received awards for his teaching in 2009 and in 2012. In 2013, he was named a Project NExT Fellow by the Mathe. . . read more.
James K. Beilby
Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies | james-beilby@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2001
Systematic and philosophical theology, apologetics, and ethics
Ben Blasko
Associate Professor of Music and Director of Instrumental Activities | blasko@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Wind Symphony (Band), Instrumental Conducting, Instrumental Music Education, Composition, Orchestration, Film Music, Recording Engineering
Mauvalyn Bowen
Professor of Business | mm-bowen@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Dr. Bowen has done extensive work in Jamaica and the Caribbean, as an administrator, consultant, and faculty. Her research interests lie in the areas of entrepreneurial marketing, social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial training for micro and small entrepreneurs in developing countries. She served as a member on the local board of HOPE International which helped to develop her passion for entrepreneurship with a purpose. Mauvalyn co-authored the textbook " Entrepreneurship for Caribbe. . . read more.
Nancy Brule
Professor of Communication Studies | n-brule@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2004
Brule's research interests include family communication, adolescent/parent communication, high-risk adolescents, conflict, and abusive relationships.
Don Brushaber
Associate Professor of Business | brudon@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2026
Financial services, executive leadership, international business
Christopher Carroll
Associate Professor of Applied Health Sciences | carchrk@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2010
Carroll's area of expertise includes exercise science and sports performance. Chris' passion resides in evaluating how the body responds to physical stress in an exercise, and more specifically, an athletic environment. Most of his previous and current research revolves around the rate of force production in both aerobic and anaerobic settings. Additionally, he investigated repeat sprint and power ability and the considerations in an anaerobic environment.. . . read more.
Brad Cawyer
Assistant Professor of Music, Conductor of University Orchestras and Director of String Activities | b-cawyer@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Conductor of Opera, Ballet, and Symphonic Orchestra
Tara Cheath, MSN, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing | tac64455@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2018
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
James Christenson
Associate Professor of Chemistry | chrjam@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Professor Christenson teaches within the Chemistry department.
Cassie Clabaugh, MSN, RNC-OB
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing | c-clabaugh@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2020
Cassie has 8 years of nursing experience in telemetry, labor & delivery, high-risk antepartum, and postpartum. Her interests include instructional design, simulation, and developing lasting relationships with students!
Emily Conrad
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing | behemi@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing Emily has 20+ years of critical care nursing experience as a bedside ICU RN. She started teaching Adjunct with the Bethel Nursing Department in 2019. She teaches clinical for juniors and skills for juniors and seniors. She loves traveling and incorporating a love for the world with a love for nursing.
Melissa Cordes
Professor of Biological Sciences | m-cordes@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015
Dr. Cordes is interested in the neural integration of social cues and communication in European starlings as well as the possible rewarding properties of androgens.
Michael Disher
Assistant Professor of Economics | mid56764@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Assistant Professor of Economics
Ellis Doan
Professor of Biological Sciences | j-doan@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2004
Dr. Doan's main research interests are in the area of macrophage activation. Macrophages are multifunctional leukocytes that constitute a major first line of defense against infection. Resting macrophages are phagocytic, but macrophages activated by both intrinsic and extrinsic stimuli acquire a broad range of functions ranging from the release of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, cytokine secretion, upregulated phagocytosis, and the ability to participate in the activation of adaptive . . . read more.
Taneesha Douglas
Clinical Associate Professor of Nursing | taneesha-douglas@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Taneesha Reynolds Douglas, MSN, MBA, CNM is joining the nurse-midwifery program as an associate professor. Hailing from Dayton, OH, and living in Nashville, Tennessee, Taneesha's journey to nursing and midwifery was sparked by a transformative encounter during her college years, compelling her to empower others mentally, spiritually, and physically. With degrees from Vanderbilt University, Tennessee State University, and the University of Phoenix, her expertise as a Certified Nurse Midwif. . . read more.
Mengkun Du
Assistant Professor of Mathematics | m-du@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
John Anthony Dunne
Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies | j-dunne@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Dr. Dunne's research interests lie primarily in the New Testament, the life and letters of Paul (esp. Galatians), Christian origins, and second temple Judaism. Within these frameworks he is fascinated by many things, including: theologies of suffering and mortality, ritual practices and participation with Christ, symbolism associated with ancient fermented beverages, critiques of imperial ideology, intertextuality with antecedent texts, and the reception of the Bible in contemporary popular. . . read more.
Paul Eddy
Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies | eddpau@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1997
Biblical and theological studies, with special interests in life of Jesus research, theology of religions, and theology of human sexuality
Brooke Eischens, EdD, MS, APRN, CNM
Assistant Professor of Nursing | brooke-eischens@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019
Brooke has worked within obstetrics and gynecology for ten years. First as a high-risk labor and delivery registered nurse and for the previous six years as a Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) in a community birth setting. She has been an instructor of nursing at Bethel for five years, teaching primarily obstetric content in the classroom, lab, and clinical settings.
Kendall Engelke Davis
Adjunct Instructor of General Studies | kendall-engelke@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2008
Adjunct Instructor of General Studies
Roman Foore
Adjunct Instructor of Applied Health Sciences | roman-foore@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2018
Adjunct Instructor of Applied Health Sciences
Joel Frederickson
Professor of Psychology | frejoe@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1996
Frederickson's research interests include the psychological impact of apologies and how students change over four years from participating in college. This includes changes in cognition, beliefs, and spirituality.
Katie Friesen Smith
Adjunct Associate Professor of General Studies | smikatj@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2014
Adjunct Associate Professor of General Studies
Tori Furlong, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing | v-furlong@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2020
Tori has 5 years of experience in cardiac and medsurg nursing, and currently works as a birth assistant at a free-standing birth center. Her interests include the development of fundamental skills, nursing simulation in education, curriculum development and active learning methods, and nurse mentorship.
Leo Gabriel
Professor of Business | gableo@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1991
Tax policy, asset accumulation, and financial education for low and moderate-income families. Dissertation research examined savings by Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) recipients in Minnesota. Other research includes studies of minority and women owned businesses, individual development accounts for low-income families, and homeownership programs for low and moderate-income families.
Bethany Gerdin, PhD, RN, CNE
Associate Professor of Nursing | andbet@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2013
Bethany has 15 years of experience as a staff nurse in adult blood and marrow transplant (BMT). She completed her Ph.D. in Nursing from the University of MN in 2015. Her interests include ethics, end of life care, and surrogate decision making.
Laura Gilbertson
Associate Professor of History, Philosophy, and Political Science | laura-gilbertson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2005
American Evangelicalism, culture, systematic theology, sociology of religion, race, gender, and topics connected to justice and reconciliation.
Charles Goldberg
Associate Professor of History | c-goldberg@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2016
Roman history and digital humanities
Foster Graif
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education | f-graif@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2020
Dr. Graif is the program lead for Bethel's 5-8 and 5-12 math education programs. He is also the director of the Math Lab tutoring center.
Alyssa Hamre Kontak
Associate Professor of Physics | akh46956@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2014
Prof. Hamre Kontak is passionate about teaching, including focusing on the exploration of new physics teaching methodology and doing some work in physics education research. Prior research focused on space plasma physics with a focus on the energy processes associated with the Northern Lights. She co-leads the Society for Physics Students group and she heads the Women in Physics & Engineering Club for the department.
Kaz Hayashi
Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies | kah54922@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2022
A Japanese Old Testament scholar, archaeologist, minister, and husband and father.
Jessica Henderson
Professor of Design | jessica-henderson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2011
Graphic Design
Jennifer Henson
Assistant Professor of Social Work | jch47677@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Jennifer Henson, Ph.D., LMSW, is an Assistant Professor of Social Work with extensive clinical experience in inpatient psychotherapy at Oceans Behavioral Hospital in Waco, Texas. She has also served as a part-time faculty member at Baylor University. Dr. Henson holds both a Master of Social Work (MSW) and a Ph.D. in Social Work from Baylor University. Her multimodal research focuses on assessing the practice of social work clinicians working with individuals diagnosed with autism.. . . read more.
Juan Hernández Jr.
Professor of Biblical Studies | j-hernandez@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2006
New Testament and early Christianity, with a special interest in New Testament Textual Criticism, especially the text of the Apocalypse and its reception history
Brent Hoernemann
Laboratory and Safety Coordinator | brent-hoernemann@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1999
Hoernemann supervises teaching assistants, oversees greenhouse and animal facilities, maintains equipment, and supplies materials for the department.
Julie Hogan
Associate Professor of Physics | j-hogan@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Dr. Hogan is fascinated by fundamental particles, high energy phenomena, and the mysteries they can answer about the universe. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from Rice University. Since 2015, she has done postdoctoral research as a member of the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment, situated on the Large Hadron Collider at Conseil Europe;en pour la Recherche Nuclaire (CERN), or the European Council for Nuclear Research. Her primary interests are searching for new physics in jet-rich. . . read more.
Brian Hyatt
Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Biochemistry | b-hyatt@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2003
Hyatt's research interests include developmental genetics of early lung development.
Jeff Jacob
Professor of Economics | j-jacob@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2007
Teaching and research interests in applied econometrics, economic development and business analytics.
Nadine Johnson
Education Licensing and Advising Specialist | n-johnson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2012
Johnson focuses primarily on advising incoming first-time students and transfer students to the education department while also advising seniors through the licensure process as they journey forward into a teaching career.
Anna Johnson
Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences | ae-johnson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Johnson is a developmental psychologist who studies the development of emotion, stress, and self-regulation throughout the lifespan. Her research aims to identify psychological and biological factors that support resilience for children, adolescents, caregivers, and communities.
William Kinney
Professor of Mathematics | bkinney@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1998
Kinney teaches the complete range of mathematics courses. His most recent sabbatical project focused on actuarial math. Kinney's research is in dynamical systems, and he is working with the qualitative theory of differential equations, making geometric assumptions and then proving the existence of certain kinds of solutions.
AnneMarie Kooistra
Professor of History and Co-Program Director of Pietas Honors Program | a-kooistra@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2005
Kooistra's research involves the study of prostitution in Los Angeles from 1880 to 1940. She examines the process by which a handful of men began a systematic domination of the business and the ways in which the prostitution racket drew people of various racial and ethnic backgrounds together.
Katelyn Lane
Adjunct Instructor of General Studies | k-lane@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2016
Adjunct Instructor of General Studies
Joyce LeMay
Associate Professor of Business | jlemay@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2006
30+ years of human resource management and consulting in organizations and high education. Professional activities include consulting top-level management on improvements to work environments based on effective human resources and business strategies with a focus on ethics and organizational culture.
Elisabeth Lefebvre
Associate Professor of Education | eel54258@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2018
Dr. Elisabeth E. Lefebvre is an associate professor in the Department of Education at Bethel University. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative and International Development Education with a minor in Sociocultural Studies in Education from the University of Minnesota, and an M.A. in International Studies from the University of Oregon. Before attending graduate school, she worked as an elementary school teacher in Louisiana, USA, and in Morocco. Lefebvre's interdisciplinary research examines the m. . . read more.
Minyoung Lim
Assistant Professor of Social Work | minyoung-lim@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2021
Minyoung Lim is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Bethel University. She holds an MSW from University of Pittsburgh and PhD in Social Work from Indiana University. Minyoung has diverse practice experience from micro to macro including social work research in government and direct practice in Aging.
Mary Lindell
Professor of Education | mlindell@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015
Dr. Lindell is interested in practices and interventions that support student success in inclusive environments. She enjoys facilitating general and special education teacher development and partnering with schools to better prepare teachers and serve (P-12) students well. Her research agenda centers on the impacts of inclusive post-secondary programs and Bethel's BUILD program.
Nathan Lindquist
Professor of Physics and Co-Program Director of Pietas Honors Program | n-lindquist@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2011
Dr. Lindquist received his M.S. in Physics and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. He teaches several upper-division courses in physics and engineering but also enjoys teaching general education courses for non-science majors. His research interests include sensors, imaging, nanotechnology, optics, microscopy, spectroscopy, holography, and plasmonics. In his labs at Bethel, students tinker with lasers, microscopes, cells, and molecules while pursuing interdis. . . read more.
Abbie Marten
Instructor of Biological Sciences | ae-reynen@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2022
Instructor of Biological Sciences
Peg McCormick
Professor of Education | p-mccormick@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2009
Peg McCormick's interests and areas of specialization include Behavioral Theory, interventions for the EBD classroom, resilient health and occupational longevity for teachers, and best practices for the support of international student teachers.
Michael McElroy
Adjunct Instructor of Applied Health Sciences | m-mcelroy@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019
Adjunct Instructor of Applied Health Sciences
Heather McNiel
Adjunct Instructor of General Studies | hmm23784@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2018
Adjunct Instructor of General Studies
Mary Michener
Associate Professor of General Studies | mary-michener@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2012
As a lifelong learner, Michener leans into research in many areas including: conflict resolution, problem solving, leadership development, phenomenological research, trauama, abuse, emotional healing, emotional and spiritual development, adolescence, family dynamics, health, nutrition and fitness.
Christopher Moore
Associate Professor of Political Science | c-moore@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2008
Dr. Moore studies interstate violence including terrorism, insurgency, political coups, and weapons of mass destruction. He is also interested in the intersection of faith and foreign policy, and has teaching interests in international relations, foreign policy, and political psychology.
David Muhovich, M.P.H, M.S., RN
Associate Professor of Nursing | d-muhovich@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1995
Dissertation research on models in advocacy nursing, to give voice to African nurses in the Twin Cities, Uganda, and Nigeria; exploring personal and system barriers to the advancement of nursing.
Sam Mulberry
Assistant Professor of History and Co-Director of the Academic Enrichment and Support Center | s-mulberry@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2003
Much of Mulberry's original work centers on media production for both the Christianity and Western Culture program and the Academic Enrichment and Support Center. Currently, he's focusing on academic podcasting and producing online workshops and training sessions for students.
Brittany Nairn
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences | brittany-nairn@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2018
Professor Nairn teaches in the Biological Sciences department.
Ruth Nelson
Professor of Psychology | rnelson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2001
Nelson's research interests focus on inclusion of individuals with disabilities in the church, the provision of accessible, safe responses to women of faith with disabilities experiencing intimate partner violence and postsecondary academic support to multilingual students.
Laura Nugteren EdD, RN, CCRN
Associate Professor of Nursing | laura-nugteren@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Laura has over eighteen years working bedside in adult critical care and cardiovascular care with a special interest in cardiac surgery. She maintains certification in critical care nursing. Laura teaches in the classroom, skills lab, and clinical settings.
Sara Nylin, DNP, RNC
Associate Professor of Nursing | s-nylin@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015
Sara has twenty years of experience in OB nursing, primarily Labor & Delivery and High Risk OB. Her interests include cultural variations in the childbirth experience, the use of simulation in nursing education, and the needs of multilingual learners in nursing.
Joel Olson
Adjunct Instructor of General Education | olsjoee@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2014
Academic writing
Abby Olson
Adjunct Instructor of BUILD | abby-olson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Adjunct Instructor of BUILD
Christine Osgood
Associate Professor of Wellbeing, Director of Wellbeing | christine-osgood@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1998
Wellbeing
Andrew Paine
Associate Professor of Business | andrew-paine@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Andrew received his MBA from Hope International University (HIU) in 2011 and his BA in Accounting and Finance from George Fox University in 2005. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant, now working in the Business department at Bethel. He spent 5 years working for Deloitte and Touche out of the Portland, OR office before moving down to California to coach women's soccer and teach at HIU. He spent four years as the head women's soccer coach at HIU and 8 more years as an assistant coach. . . read more.
Seth Paradis
Professor of Applied Health Sciences | s-paradis@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2006
Paradis has extensive consulting and research experience within injury prevention and the development of neuromuscular facilitation. He is starting to examine the body's endocrine response to daily stress and how it relates to chronic disease and the dimensions of wellness.
Anna Pexa
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing | amp88394@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
Jeffrey Port
Professor of Biological Sciences | jport@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2001
Recent research topics include the use of restored prairies by grassland songbirds, small mammals and insects, and reproductive biology and natural history of Ecuadorian cloudforest songbirds. Dr. Port also is a federally licensed master bird bander and operates a MAPS (www.birdpop.org/pages/maps.php) station in cooperation with Anoka County in the Rum River Central Park during the summer months.
Angela Preston
Associate Professor of English | a-shannon@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2006
Preston is the author of the poetry book "Singing the Bones Together." Her poems have been published in a variety of journals and anthologies, including "Where One Ends Another Begins: 150 Years of Minnesota Poetry"; "Beyond the Frontier: African American Poetry for the 21st Century"; and the textbook "A Multicultural Reader, Collection One: Many Voices Literature Series." Professor Shannon's choreopoem "Root Woman" premiered at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Theater in Evanston, Illinois.. . . read more.
Leah Qubty
Assistant Professor of Applied Health Sciences | leah-qubty@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2022
Dr. Qubty is excited about the opportunity to work within the Applied Health Sciences department.
Wayne Raman-Nair
Professor of Physics and Engineering | w-nair@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Professor of Physics and Engineering
Matthew Runion
Adjunct Instructor of General Education | runmat@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002
Adjunct Instructor of General Education
Andrew Russell
Adjunct Assistant Professor of General Education | andrew-russell@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2013
Andrew Russell teaches church history courses at Bethel Seminary. He also teaches a variety of theology and humanities courses in the College of Arts and Sciences. Some of his research interests include the Keswick movement, the East African Revival, the Christian and Missionary Alliance, and John Wesley.
Kate Rynders
Assistant Professor of Chemistry | kjr86728 | Started at Bethel: 2025
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Angela Sabates
Professor of Psychology | a-sabates@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2003
Dr. Sabates' research interests are broadly related to social perception and inter-group relations. For example, her research has focused on the possible connections between hyper-masculinity bias and endorsement of negative social attitudes, factors related to some Christians' anti-Muslim attitudes, the relationship between self-perception and degree of religious affiliation, and differing moral preferences of college majors. She is also interested in how Christian perspectives are relate. . . read more.
Shawn Sauve
Associate Professor of Business | shawn-sauve@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2000
Shawn Sauve is joining the Bethel Business Department after serving as Associate Dean/Associate Professor at North Central University. From 2000-2019 he taught adjunct in Bethel's CAPS/GS programs. He received his MBA from the University of Rochester with concentrations in finance and economics and public policy. He is also a Bethel graduate with a MATS degree from Bethel Seminary. He and his wife Kerry attend Emmanual Christian Center and are parents to three adult children (one is current. . . read more.
Sara Shady
Professor of Philosophy | s-shady@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002
Shady's teaching focuses on fostering healthy communities amidst significant difference, including racial/ethnic, religious, and political differences. She is also interested in how we teach empathy. And she is a specialist in 19th and 20th c. Continental Philosophy, particularly Existentialism
Christopher Shofner
Associate Professor of Communication Studies | cks75966@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2021
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Scott Sochay
Associate Professor of Communication Studies | socsco@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1999
Sochay's research and teaching interests include media law, media technology, and Native Americans and the media.
Debbie Solomon, DNP, FNP-C, PHN
Clinical Professor of Nursing | debra-solomon@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1998
When not teaching at Bethel, Debbie works as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Practice and Educational interests include: public health nursing, community health, health education/health promotion, care coordination, community-based care, elder care, end of life care, diversity, and international health
Paula Soneral
Professor of Biological Sciences | p-soneral@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2008
Soneral's research interests include cell motility and the cytoskeleton and regulation of motor proteins in cilia/flagellar assembly.
Keith Stein
Professor of Physics | k-stein@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2001
Research interests include student-faculty studies utilizing advanced optical and high-speed video imaging techniques to study a number of applications involving compressible flows, shock waves, and thermal convection.
Kenneth Steinbach
University Professor of Art | steken@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2001
Steinbach teaches courses in 3 Dimensional Visual thinking, Sculpture, Senior Seminar, and Creative Practices, and frequently involves students in the research and execution of his own artwork. His book "Creative Practices for Visual Artists: Time, Space Process" on how to support and enrich long term creative viability for visual artists will be published in April 2018.
Angela Stoeckman
Professor of Chemistry | a-stoeckman@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015
Angela is passionate about teaching chemistry and conducting undergraduate research. She is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Hemingway Society.
Danny Swensen
Professor of Education | d-swensen@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2008
Areas of expertise include mathematics and physics education, education technology, and statistics.
Shensheng Tang
Professor of Physics and Engineering | tang@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Dr. Tang is a professor of engineering at Bethel University. He received his Ph.D. of Engineering at the University of Toledo, Ohio. Prior to joining Bethel, Dr. Tang has worked at several universities in the United States as a postdoctoral research fellow, assistant professor, associate professor, and full professor for nearly two decades. He has taught a number of undergraduate and graduate courses in electrical engineering and computer engineering. He enjoys working with a diverse range . . . read more.
Bradley Thames
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy | b-thames@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Lex Thompson
Professor of Art | l-thompson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2005
Photography, Art & Design History, Cryptozoology
Mark Thorson
Associate Professor of English and Journalism | thomara@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1995
Culturally Competent General education for Adult Learners GENS110 Succeeding in College GENS130 Successful Writing GENS135 Workplace Writing GENS150: Reading and Responding to the Arts ENGL214: Film and Modern Myth BUS208 Writing for Business and Industry GENS225 Academic Research Writing GENS240 Christianity and Civilizations BUS304 Business Communication
Jackie Towner
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences | j-towner@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2022
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Lynn Uzzell
Associate Professor of Political Science | l-uzzell@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Lynn Uzzell joined the HiPPos department in 2024 as Associate Professor of Political Science. She specializes in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the political thought of James Madison. Her current projects include studies in the integrity of Madison's Notes of the Constitutional Convention, Madison's understanding of the Free Exercise clause, and Madison's antislavery constitutionalism. She has previously taught at Baylor University, the University of Richmond, the University of V. . . read more.
Heather Vedders
Assistant Professor of Nursing | heather-vedders@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Heather has twenty+ years of experience in pediatric nursing, primarily inpatient med/surg, neuroscience, behavioral health, hematology/oncology and school nursing.
Geri Von Grey
Associate Professor of Education | geri-vongrey@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2012
Professor VonGrey has been in the field of education for over 25 years. She has spent many years teaching in various schools including public, private, Montessori, and International school contexts. She began her work at Bethel in 2012 and works with Elementary Education majors. Her interests include best practices in social studies education, integrating educational psychology, social-emotional learning, and trauma-informed teaching practices. Additionally, she is interested in supporting . . . read more.
Michelle Westmark Wingard
Professor of Art and Gallery Director | m-westmark@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2008
Westmark is the Gallery Director for The Johnson Gallery and The Olson Gallery, Bethel's two on-campus galleries.
Stephen Whiting
Associate Professor of Business | whiste@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2006
More than 30 years of management, consulting, and information technology experience. Interested in a biblical framework for technology/engineering and business.
Drew Whitson
Associate Professor of Business | drew.whitson@gmail.com | Started at Bethel: 2018
Associate Professor of Business
Brandon Winters
Professor of Chemistry | b-winters@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2011
Dr. Winters' research is currently focused on the chemistry of carbon. Carbon has more known allotropes than any other material with a new one having been discovered as recently as 2015. While many of these allotropes have existed naturally for thousands of years, it was not until 2004 that one particularly fascinating one, graphene, was discovered and characterized. This form of carbon is the first 2D material ever discovered and is made up of a single atomic-thin layer of carbons bonded t. . . read more.
Amy Witt, PhD, RN, CNE
Professor | a-witt@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2007
Amy has a wide range of nursing experience, including surgical intensive care and trauma, medical surgical nursing, and forensic nursing as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. She completed her Ph.D. in Nursing with the dissertation focus on the cultural competence of Baccalaureate nursing students. She previously served on the Minnesota Board of Nursing. Her current research interests include Collaborative Testing, Next Generation NCLEX item writing, and preparing students for safe practice . . . read more.
Catherine Wright
Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies | c-wright@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2001
New Testament studies, with special interests in the Gospel of Luke and spiritual formation
Gretchen Wrobel
University Professor of Psychology | g-wrobel@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1988
Wrobel conducts research on curiosity as it affects relationships in adoption, including the adopted person, adoptive parents, and birth parents.
Tao Wu
Associate Professor of Chemistry | tao-wu@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Wu is from Nanjing, China, where he grew up in a non-believing family. His first encounter with Christianity occurred after moving to the United States. Wu became a follower of Christ while pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Upon completing his doctorate, he served as a Lab Manager at Oklahoma State University for four years, overseeing high-value instruments and enjoying the process of teaching students how to use them. This experience ignited his passion for teachi. . . read more.
Sara Wyse
Professor of Biological Sciences | s-wyse@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2010
Professor of Biological Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Development Coordinator
Jed Yang
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science | jed-yang@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2018
Professor Yang teaches within the Math and Computer Science department.
Dan Yim
Professor of Philosophy | dyim@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2006
Dr. Yim has interests in early modern philosophy, the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality, the philosophy of popular culture, and the epistemology of self-deception.
Nick Zeimet
Associate Professor of Social Work | nick-zeimet@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2021
Nick is a clinical social worker with more than 10 years of psychotherapy and community social work experience. He volunteers with Mount Sinai Human Rights Program conducting remote evaluations for those seeking asylum in the United States. He is the past President of SAMS - MN Chapter (Syrian American Medical Society) and Mental Health Committee member of SAMS - national. He was lead coordinator of the first SAMS Mental Health Psychosocial Support report and in 2019 led a mental health mis. . . read more.
Adjunct faculty
Joshua Agrimson
Adjunct Instructor of General Studies | joshua-agrimson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Adjunct Instructor of General Studies
Carl Albing
Adjunct Associate Professor of Math and Computer Science | carl-albing@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2020
Dr. Albing brings a wealth of real-world experience to his classes, having developed software at companies large and small, across a variety of industries, including software for some of the fastest computers in the world. The author of 4 books on computer technologies, he is excited to be teaching at Bethel.
Emily Allen
Adjunct Assistant Professor of General Studies | e-allen@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Adjunct Assistant Professor of General Studies
Elizabeth Allison
Director of Keyboard Activities and Private Lesson Instructor in Piano | ela56638@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Piano Performance, Private Piano Lessons, Keyboard Theory, Piano Proficiency, Collaborative Keyboard
Brittany Anderson
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing | brittany-anderson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing
Peter Anderson
Adjunct Instructor of Art and Design | pca34467@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2009
Adjunct Instructor of Art and Design
Jentine Arkema
Teaching Partner in Communication Studies | j-arkema@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002
Leadership communication; women in leadership; interpersonal skills/communication; public speaking skills and methods; gender communication; conflict resolution methods, and family communication.
Lauren Baker
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing | lab89554@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Experience in Medical-Surgical/Progressive Care and Labor & Delivery nursing practice.
Brad Beale
Adjunct Instructor of Music | beale@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Royal Register (TTBB), Lucia Chorum (SSAA), Vocal Music Education, Introduction to the Creative Arts
Lisa Bekemeyer
Adjunct Instructor of Education | ldb86486@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2001
I am passionate about teaching multi-lingual learners and helping our teacher candidates prepare for this worthy profession. In my courses, I emphasize teaching language through a wide variety of strategies that fit under the umbrella of CI (Comprehensible Input); I strive to help my learners actively engage and practice these strategies for teaching language through content.
Amy Bianchi-Ross
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | amb94568@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology
Greg Bourland
Adjunct Instructor of Business | g-bourland@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2006
Business Management, Talent Management, Senior Level Human Resources Leadership, Executive Coaching and Development, Quality (Lean/Six Sigma/Baldrige), Mergers and Acquisitions.
Kevin Bovitz
Adjunct Instructor of Biological Sciences | k-bovitz@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Adjunct Instructor of Biological Sciences
Olivia Braun
Adjunct Instructor of Art and Design | olivia-braun@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Adjunct Instructor of Art and Design
Debbie Britt
Adjunct Assistant in Clinical Instruction of Nursing | deborah-britt@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2011
Debbie's work experience and passion is in neonatal intensive care and pediatric nursing. She loves working with babies, children, and families and considers it a privilege to be part of their care team. During her time teaching at Bethel, she has enjoyed leading junior med/surg clinicals, junior skills, senior pediatric clinicals, and coordinating for pediatric homecare experiences. In more recent years, she loves teaching pediatric simulation and overseeing senior Capstone students in p. . . read more.
Michael Bumann
Adjunct Instructor of History, Philosophy, and Political Science | m-bumann@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Adjunct Instructor of Languages and Cultures
Blake Burgstahler
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics | b-burgstahler@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics
Justin Byers
Adjunct Associate Professor of Applied Health Sciences | jbyers@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2004
Byers received an alumni faculty grant to equip the motor learning laboratory space and to study the effects of dehydration on cognitive performance vs. subjective concussion measures. He is also interested in the differential diagnoses of shoulder injuries, specifically the misdiagnosis of acromioclavicular sprains with radiographic evaluation in hockey players.
Sarah Carlson
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing | nessar@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2012
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing
Becky Carlson
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Education and Placement and Partnership Specialist | becky-carlson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2003
Becky Carlson formerly served ten years as a fourth and fifth-grade elementary teacher and began at Bethel University in 2003 serving as a supervisor for student teachers and practicum experiences. Carlson's work focuses on placing student teachers and field experience students in elementary schools and working with local Twin Cities school districts. Her current partnerships focus on research in induction and mentorship support for new teachers.. . . read more.
Craig Case
Adjunct Instructor of General Education | craig-case@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2006
Research, writing, worldview, humanities and theology, and Bible. In addition to teaching in the college setting for over 10 years, Case has served in pastoral ministry for 20 years in positions of student ministry, adult ministry, church planting, local and global missions, and senior leadership. He is currently working on a doctorate regarding the influence of narratives on our spiritual formation.
Nicole Centanni
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | n-centanni@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2005
Nicole is an experienced career coach with a focus on positive psychology, design thinking and wellbeing.
Sarah Danielson
Adjunct Instructor of Chemistry and Chemistry Lab and Safety Coordinator | s-danielson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Adjunct Instructor of Chemistry
Michell Daymond
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing | daymic@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2021
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing
William Derden
Adjunct Instructor of Education | wid88763@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019
Adjunct Professor Specializing in Special Education Due Process and Law Graduate of Bethel Educational Doctorate Program.
Scott Dill
Assistant Professor in English and Journalism | scott-dill@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019
The novelist Zadie Smith once wrote that literary style "is a writer's way of telling the truth" and Scott enjoys working with students to understand 'just what that truth is. Truth, it turns out,' is not an abstract idea or a piece of disembodied information. It can't be quantified or commodified. Truth is either something we seek out or something we avoid. Scott's classes seek to give students opportunties for meeting the kinds of truth only writers can tell us. Because it's our writers w. . . read more.
Lawrence Dunn
Adjunct Professor of Math and Computer Science | dunn@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2010
Adjunct Professor of Math and Computer Science
Diana Dutcher
Adjunct Instructor of Business | diana-dutcher@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Adjunct Instructor of Business and Leadership
Laura Elias
Adjunct Instructor of Languages and Cultures | lae29245@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2022
Adjunct Instructor of Languages and Cultures
Kasey Erickson
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | kasey-erickson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Kasey Erickson is a practicing mental health therapist in the Twin Cities. Special interest areas include trauma, rest and renewal, and the intersection between theology and mental health.
Elise Erlandson
Adjunct Instructor of Education | e-erlandson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Adjunct Instructor of Education
Omar Fakhri
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy | odf85224@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2021
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Andrew Fernelius
Adjunct Instructor of Applied Health Sciences | aof75949@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Adjunct Instructor of Applied Health Sciences
Bart Fischer
Adjunct Instructor of History, Philosophy, and Political Science | b-fischer@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2021
Adjunct Instructor of History, Philosophy, and Political Science
Penny Foore
Adjunct Instructor of General Studies | penny-foore@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Adjunct Instructor of General Studies
Lisa Fossum, MSN, PHN, RN
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing | lif83754@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2021
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing
Amy Fox
Adjunct Instructor of Education | beiamy@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019
Secondary Science, Trauma Informed Instruction, Education Equity, Environmental Education
Molly Fredrickson
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing | ottmol@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing
Sarah Gamble
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing | skg55676@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing
Debra Garvey
Adjunct Instructor of Music | deg45454@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Handbell Ensemble
Zach Gingerich
Private Lesson Instructor in Low Brass | gingerich.z.j@gmail.com | Started at Bethel: 2022
Low Brass Performance
Ian Gorton
Adjunct Instructor of Art and Design | ian-gorton@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Adjunct Instructor of Art and Design
Janiece Gray
Adjunct Instructor of Public and Community Health | grajan@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2021
Janiece Gray, MHA, CPXP, BSW, ACC is a wife, mother, entrepreneur, business owner, author, speaker, consultant, & coach and has spent her entire career in healthcare. She is a co-founder of DTA Associates Inc., a healthcare consulting firm in Minneapolis and is also a Founder, Executive, Life & Leadership Coach with JGray & Associates, LLC. As a coach, a teacher and national speaker, Janiece is passionate about communication, specifically, how to help staff, physicians and leaders enhance t. . . read more.
Rushika Hage
Adjunct Instructor of History | rkh33579@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015
Adjunct Instructor of History
Emily Hagen
Private Lesson Instructor in Viola | emh86475@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015
Viola Performance
Angela Hanson
Private Lesson Instructor in Violin | adh68496@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2008
Violin Performance, String Methods, Chamber Ensembles
Jason Harms
Adjunct Instructor of Music | j-harms@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2006
Jazz Orchestra, Songcraft, Composition
Tracy Harris
Adjunct Instructor of Business | tracy-harris@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Tracy is an Adjunct Instructor, teaching Business Law for the BA Business and BS Business Management programs. She is a licensed attorney in the State of Minnesota. She has taught many legal courses since 2006, including Non-profit Law, Business Law and Ethics, Criminal & Social Justice, Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law, Child Abuse and the Criminal Justice System, Litigation, Administrative Law, Torts, Criminal Law, Employment Law, Interviewing and Investigation, Ethics for the Law O. . . read more.
Julie Hedlund
Adjunct Associate Professor of Business | julie-hedlund@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Julie has 30+ years of business and marketing management experience, including work with Fortune 100 companies, ConAgra and 3M, and as a partner in Minneapolis marketing consulting firm, Market Street Partners. Most of Julie's career has been focused in the areas of business/market development, brand management, and advertising. She has worked in over 30 different industries, and with hundreds of businesses, both large and small.
Julia Heinen
Private Lesson Instructor in Clarinet | julia.heinen@csun.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Clarinet Performance, Chamber Music, Community Engagement
Katelin Held
Adjunct Instructor of Education | k-held@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Adjunct Instructor of Education
Jon Henderson
Adjunct Instructor of Art and Design | jeh59346@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2018
Adjunct Instructor in Art and Design department.
Jon Herbrechtsmeyer
Adjunct Instructor of Applied Health Sciences | j-herbrechtsmeyer@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002
Adjunct Instructor of Applied Health Sciences
Annette Hibner
Adjunct Instructor of Psychological Sciences | aabel@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
She currently works as an outpatient therapist for Seasons Counseling in Wisconsin where she supports children, adults, couples, and families. Previous therapy and administration experience was with the Family Center, a business administrator for a non-profit in Minneapolis, and several years in higher education administration.
Ryan Hovis
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | ryan-hovis@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2016
Teaching Partner of Counseling
(Lily) Xiaoqing Huang
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics | xih27523@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2018
Exerciser: I jog almost every morning. I also practice yoga, Zumba, swimming, and simple ballet. Learner: I love to learn and experience new things.
Krystal Humphreys
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | k-d-humphreys@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Research Includes: Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking; Non-Suicidal Self-Injury; and Children and Adolescents in Military families.
Stephen Hunt
Adjunct Instructor of General Studies | sth76525@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019
Hello. I am 1985 graduate of Bethel College. Excited to be back at my alma mater. I have been an educator for over 30 years teaching at secondary, tertiary, and adult levels. I live in Eden Prairie, am married and proud parent of two children and a wonderful yellow lab named Thunder.
Paul Ives
Adjunct Instructor of Business | pives@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2008
Paul Ives is currently works as a full-time development professional for a Twin Cities based Christian ministry where he is responsible for overseeing nearly 200 missionaries and training and coaching them in their fundraising and ministry partnership skills. He first first started working at Bethel University CAPS/GS in 2008 as an Enrollment Counselor and later as the Director of Admissions for CAPS/GS. Since 2012 he has either been teaching or serving as the SME (Subject Matter Expert) an. . . read more.
Jeremy Iwaszkowiec
Adjunct Instructor of Applied Health Sciences | j-iwaszkowiec@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2011
Adjunct Instructor of Applied Health Sciences
Grace Jang
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics | g-jang@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2022
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics
Judy Jones
Adjunct Instructor of Business | jej65774@Bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2011
Marketing New Product Development/Commercialization Global Business Leadership Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Sara Jones
Adjunct Instructor of Education | slj22393@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Adjunct Instructor of Education
Rachel Jorgensen
Adjunct Instructor of Education | rra35368@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Dr. Rachel Jorgensen is a leader in work-based learning with experience in both general education and special education work-based learning programs. She also has expertise in the area of special education and parental support for students with disabilities. She is the author of two books published by Routledge. The first, Loving Your Job in Special Education: 50 Tips and Tools, is a resource on burnout prevention to help educators find lasting peace and joy in their work as special educato. . . read more.
Peter Kapsner
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies | kappet@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002
New Testament and Practical Theology
Mark Kausch
Private Lesson Instructor in Double Bass | mark.kausch@gmail.com | Started at Bethel: 2000
Double Bass Performance, Viola Da Gama, Historical Performance
Brenna Keefe
Adjunct Instructor of Human Services | brk83329@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Adjunct Instructor of Human Services
Brenna Keefe
Adjunct Instructor of Human Services | brk83329@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Adjunct Instructor of Human Services
Justin Kennedy
Private Lesson Instructor in Saxophone | jkennedy@c-ischools.org | Started at Bethel: 2024
Saxophone Performance
Lisa Kepple
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Applied Health Sciences and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Education | patlis@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Applied Health Sciences
Evelyn Kim
Adjunct Instructor of Art and Design | evelyn-kim@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Ceramics, Ceramic Design, Art Education
Logan Kix
Adjunct Instructor of Business | lok42932@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2022
Adjunct Instructor of Business
Merilee Klemp
Private Lesson Instructor in Oboe | klemp@augsburg.edu | Started at Bethel: 2016
Oboe Performance
Todd Kline
Adjunct Instructor of History, Philosophy, and Political Science | kline@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2022
Outside of Bethel, Professor Kline retired Navy Captain, have served over 23 years as a member of the Navy's Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAGC). His career hase included serving as the military legal advisor to (or at) the Office of the Vice President, Camp David, the National Security Agency, the Spanish Ministry of Defense, and Navy Special Warfare. A specialist in international law, he has been stationed with his family in Spain and Japan as well as served as Adjunct Faculty at the . . . read more.
Tyler Krebs
Adjunct Instructor of Education | tyk22897@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2022
Adjunct Instructor of Education
Mitchell Krumm
Adjunct Assistant Professor of History, Philosophy, and Political Science | mik69385@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2016
The nature of groups and self-determination
Gretchen Kulas
Adjunct Instructor of Physics and Engineering | grk47665@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Adjunct Instructor of Physics and Engineering
Kajsa Larson
Adjunct Instructor of Languages and Cultures | kajsa-larson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Adjunct Instructor of Languages and Cultures
Carol Lauer
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing | c-lauer@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Carol's nursing and teaching career has focused on clinical education, leadership development and organizational change. With over two decades of healthcare expertise, she has held key leadership roles in both hospital systems and corporate medical education. Her work has included leading system-wide nurse residency programs, facilitating large-scale competency-based training, and integrating continuing education initiatives to improve care quality and team performance.. . . read more.
Nathan Lemke
Senior Staff Physicist | lemnat@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2018
Dr. Lemke received bachelors degrees in physics and applied physics from Bethel University and his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Colorado-Boulder. After postdocs at PTB (Germany) and the Argonne National Laboratory (Illinois), he was a staff scientist with the Air Force Research Laboratory in New Mexico. There he designed and developed a portable atomic clock as well as methods for laser time transfer. He has authored over 30 papers and holds provisional patents for his work with . . . read more.
Alanna Lienig
Adjunct Instructor of Education | a-lienig@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Adunct Instructor of Education
Gregg Lindberg
Adjunct Instructor of Business | lingrem@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2006
Local government executive with expertise in building strengths-based organizations where people and teams maximize what they naturally do best. I believe in the kind of world where we focus on what is right with people, working together to create experiences and results that make a difference.
Amie Lorence Grubidge
Adjunct Instructor of Education | amie-lorence@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2016
Adjunct Instructor of Education
Erica Lynch
Adjunct Instructor of General Studies | e-lynch@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Adjunct Instructor of General Studies
Gina Maltese-Preciado
Adjunct Instructor of Spanish Language | gim74778@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2012
Languages: Spanish
Andrew Marquardt
Adjunct Instructor of Math and Computer Science | anm55686@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Adjunct Instructor of Math and Computer Science
Daniel Meyer
Adjunct Instructor of Business | meydan@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2021
Adjunct Instructor of Business
Chelsea Mohs
Adjunct Instructor of Business | chm33923@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Adjunct Instructor of Business
Shawn Moore
Adjunct Instructor of General Education | shawn-moore@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2010
Instructor of General Education
Glenn Morehouse Olson
Adjunct Instructor of Education | olsgle@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019
Glenn Morehouse Olson is an adjunct professor for Bethel University, teaching the Language Arts Methods course in the CAPS/GS program. She is a Certified Journalism Educator who also has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater performance. Now in her 17th year as an educator, she teaches AP Lang and Comp, journalism (on-line, broadcast, social media, and print), theater, playwrighting and Language Arts (grades 9 - 12) at St. Francis High School. She has three daughters and her husband is also a. . . read more.
Barbara Mork, BSN, RN, PHN
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing | barbara-mork@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Barb has over 30 years of experience in the field of Public Health Nursing. Her practice included skilled home care, community vaccination clinics, school nursing, child/teen check-ups, WIC, lactation services and maternal child health. Barb has a variety of experiences in both leadership and management roles. Her passion has been dedicated to serving populations in need of social, emotional and healthcare support in an effort to address public health challenges.. . . read more.
Jan Mrozinski
Adjunct Instructor of Education | j-mrozinski@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2016
Professor Mrozinski's education and experiences are in the fields of both mental health and special education. Given this background, she is interested in preparing teachers to serve students and families in professional, focused, and compassionate ways.
Sara Nelson
Adjunct Instructor of Education | smn49478@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Adjunct Instructor of Education
Kaari Newman
Adjunct Faculty | k-newman@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Dr. Kaari Newman is an adjunct instructor of English and Bethel alumnus with a focus in transatlantic women's literature of the long nineteenth century. An avid archival scholar, Dr. K earned her Museum Studies certification in 2023. In addition to teaching and scholarship, she serves as the Digital Content Manager for the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (rs4vp.org).
Megan O'Brien
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing | meo37232@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing
Ann O'Neill
Adjunct Instructor of Biological Sciences | amo88393@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
O'Neill is an adjunct instructor in the Biological Sciences department.
Alicia Ochs
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | a-ochs@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology
Richard Olson
Adjunct Instructor of Business | rwo62666@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Adjunct Instructor of Business MBA Adjunct Instructor The majority of Ric Olson's working life continues to be dedicated to serving elders within the senior living arena. The focus on serving elders has resulted in work in numerous settings including but not limited to: health care, management, leadership development and training, accounting and finance, budget and planning, cash management, project development, strategic planning, operational assessments, Medicare, Medicaid, Managed Car. . . read more.
Molly Osberg
Adjunct Instructor of Business | osberg@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Adjunct Instructor of Business
Lisa Ouren
Adjunct Instructor of Education | Lmo72847@Bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2016
Lisa Ouren is an adjunct professor in the CAPS/GS Special Education Program.
Tina Park
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music and Private Lesson Instructor in Piano | juanli32@gmail.com | Started at Bethel: 2006
Piano Performance, Beginning Piano, Summer Piano Academy
Allyson Partin
Private Lesson Instructor in French Horn | allysonpartin@gmail.com | Started at Bethel: 2023
French Horn Performance
Eric Peterson
Adjunct Instructor of General Studies | erp32998@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2022
Eric is the owner of a private practice where he offers mental and behavioral health therapy services. His teaching interests include psychology and addictions counseling. He is dedicated to helping students learn to develop critical thinking skills and increase their ability to apply relevant information to their personal and professional goals.
Amy Poppinga
Adjunct Associate Professor of History | a-poppinga@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2012
Poppinga studies the history of Islamic communities in the United States and works with local community members to construct oral history profiles. Her most recent project explores how oral histories and ethnographic narratives can be integrated into the pedagogy of interfaith studies. She's also interested in the history of Islamic societies in the Middle East (particularly after the end of colonialism) and the global history of Muslim women.
John Potts
Adjunct Instructor of Biblical and Theological Studies | jwp47774@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Adjunct Instructor of Biblical and Theological Studies
John Povolny
Adjunct Instructor of Music and Private Lesson Instructor in Percussion | jgp72794@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2011
Percussion Performance, Percussion Methods
Julie Raines
Adjunct Instructor of General Education | jur23754@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Adjunct Instructor of General Education
Kristi Romo
Adjunct Instructor of Education | kristi-romo@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2018
Kristi Romo is an adjunct faculty member in the Special Education Graduate program as a reading field experience instructor. She graduated from University of Northwestern-St. Paul in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts and Literature and in 2008 with a Master of Arts in Literacy. She also graduated from Hamline University in 2015 with a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults. She is a Q-Comp Peer Evaluator for the Anoka-Hennepin School District. . . read more.
Mark Rossing
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics | mar38795@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics
Jessica Samens
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communication Studies | j-samens@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2009
Samens' research interests include health communication, focusing on identity after an illness, disclosure of health status, and health disparity.
Lindsay Schlemmer
Private Lesson Instructor in Cello | lis79882@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2021
Cello Performance, String Methods
Lori Schmidt
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Chemistry | les42747@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2013
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Kathlene Scholljegerdes
Adjunct Faculty | kscholl@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1998
Dr. Scholljegerdes completed her masters degree in counseling psychology from Bethel and then graduated from the University of St. Thomas with a doctorate in counseling psychology. After working at Bethel for over 16 years, she was a staff psychologist at two Veterans Affairs hospitals. She provided psychotherapy for patients, focusing on trauma, and facilitated training for medical staff. Prior to working at the VA, she had an extensive background in career development and worked in human . . . read more.
Faith Schumann
Adjunct Instructor of General Studies and Adjunct Instructor of Biological Sciences | fas42587@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2021
Adjunct Instructor of General Studies
Susan Schwope
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | s-tag@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2001
Psychology Mental Health Special Education
Jennifer Scott
Adjunct Instructor of Biblical and Theological Studies | jscott@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002
Studying the Bible is an adventure. Teaching about the Bible is a privilege. As I teach, I continue to see new things and learn more about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.
Lisa Sellner
Adjunct Instructor of Business | l-sellner@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Adjunct Instructor of Business
Janelle Shearer, MA, RN, PHN, CPHQ
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing | janelle-shearer@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2010
Janelle's clinical experience includes work in home health, hospice, critical care units, medical-surgical, and obstetrics. Extensive experience leading quality improvement programs related to hospital, home health care, patient safety, and palliative care.
Sandra Sheih
Private Lesson Instructor in Flute | sheih@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Flute Performance
Kayla Skeate
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing | k-skeate@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2020
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Stephanie Smith
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics | smisted@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics
Jake Smith
Adjunct Instructor in Mathematics | jss35646@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019
Adjunct Instructor in Mathematics
Mari Smitsdorff
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing | m-smitsdorff@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing
Justin Staebell
Private Lesson Instructor in Voice | jas84242@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Vocal Performance, Opera, Musical Theatre
Sierra Steenhoven
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing | sis53485@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing
Michelle Steffenhagen
Adjunct Assistant Professor of General Studies and Introduction to Wellbeing Coordinator | allmica@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015
Steffenhagen's research interests include purpose and wellbeing in emerging adults.
Caitlyn Stenerson
Adjunct Instructor of Biblical and Theological Studies | caitlyn-stenerson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Adjunct Instructor of Biblical and Theological Studies
Jim Stern
Adjunct Instructor of Biological Sciences | jms84372@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2014
I have taught courses in biology, animal behavior, environmental science, and earth science. I thrive on any adventures that include encounters with wildlife, geologic events, or environmental issues. I have 32 years of teaching experience and enjoy teaching these natural sciences to students from middle school age through adult.
Andrew Steward
Adjunct Instructor of Biological Sciences | aws59375@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Adjunct Instructor of Biological Sciences
Kayla Stinger
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing | k-stinger@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing
Jason Stroup
Adjunct Instructor of Physics and Engineering | jas43472@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2022
Adjunct Instructor of Physics and Engineering
Tavian Swanson
Adjunct Instructor of General Education | t-swanson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Adjunct Instructor of General Education
Becki Tate
Adjunct Instructor of American Sign Language | becki-beckman@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Becki taught in Anoka-Hennepin for 12 years before joining Bethel University.
Graham Taylor
Private Lesson Instructor in Trumpet | dgt88924@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Trumpet Instructor
Bailey Thompson
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | bailey-a-thompson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2022
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology
Shatera Thorson
Adjunct Instructor of Psychological Sciences | s-thorson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Shatera is a Marriage and Family Therapist and adjunct instructor at Bethel University. She specializes in treating clients who have experienced trauma and enjoys integrating her experiences as a clinician into the classroom setting.
Corey Tolliver Sr.
Adjunct Instructor of Social Work | c-tolliver@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Corey currently serves as the Director of Operations and Clinical Lead for Life Services Mental Health Agency in Richmond, Virginia. As Director of Operations, Corey implements strategies and plans to service the homeless community suffering from increased mental health symptoms, chronic homelessness, and limited support from family and friends. Corey has implemented community assistance programs and workshops for professionals on self-care and building healthy relationships with those in t. . . read more.
David Tweeten
Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemistry | twedav@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2018
Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemistry
Marshall Urban
Adjunct Instructor of Music and Private Lesson Instructor in Voice | m-urban@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002
Vocal Performance, Vocal Pedagogy, Vocal Literature, Vocal Diction
Emily Urban
Staff Accompanist | e-urban@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2005
Collaborative Keyboard, Musical Theatre
Catherine Victorsen
Private Lesson Instructor in Harp | cathy.victorsen@gmail.com | Started at Bethel: 1992
Harp Performance
Hannah Wallenta
Adjunct Instructor of Chemistry | haw45937@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Adjunct Instructor of Chemistry
Amanda Wallrich
Adjunct Instructor of Education | amw75724@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Adjunct Instructor of Education, Student Teacher Supervisor
Scott Ward
Adjunct Instructor of Business | scott-a-ward@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
As Adjunct Faculty in the Business Department, Scott drives for those a-ha! moments when a lesson has changed the way he and everyone thinks and lives.
Mindy Way-Johnson
Private Lesson Instructor in Pipe Organ | mwayjay@hotmail.com | Started at Bethel: 2024
Pipe Organ Performance, Sacred Music
Carrie Weiss
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing | carrie-weiss@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
An authentic and passionate nurse, Dr. Weiss has been in the healthcare field for over 15 years. Her diverse background includes working in the Emergency Department and as a Forensic Nurse. In addition, Dr. Weiss is known for starting the first mobile ECMO program in Minnesota, significantly reducing hospital falls, and implementing a multi-site suicide assessment tool in her role as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. She is also a published author and speaks on stages across the U.S. on mental h. . . read more.
Laura Wennstrom
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art | laura-wennstrom@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art
Adam Wick
Adjunct Instructor of Psychological Sciences | adw89999@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Adam is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC), Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT), and a Minnesota board-approved supervisor. He specializes in treating addiction and trauma in men. Clinical specialties include Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Internal Family Systems. He operates a private practice serving men with mental health concerns. . . . read more.
Gloria Wiese
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies | wieglo@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1998
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies
Jeffrey Winter
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences | jdw68786@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2009
Professor Winter teaches as an adjunct instructor within the Biology department.
Haley Wireman-Sobba
Adjunct Instructor of Political Science | h-sobba@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Haley is a PSEO advisor and an adjunct faculty for Bethel
Anja Wisniewski
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics | anw95752@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics
Jodi Wolkerstorfer
Adjunct Instructor of Education | woljod@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015
Jodi is passionate about supporting current and soon-to-be educators on ways to collaborate and find success for all students including those with special education needs.
Steven Yackel
Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science | yacste@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015
Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science
Emeritus/emerita faculty
Brent Adams
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts Emeritus | brent-adams@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1999
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts Emeritus
Don Albright
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus | d-albright@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1985
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Donald Alexander
Professor of Biblical Studies Emeritus | aledon7@comcast.net | Started at Bethel: 1987
Professor of Biblical Studies Emeritus
Phyllis Alsdurf
Professor of English Emerita | p-alsdurf@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2003
Professor of English Emerita
Linda Anderson
Professor of Nursing Emerita | l-anderson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1990
Public health nursing, pediatrics, evidence-based practice, and health assessment. Special interest in preceptor development for public health nurses including school and faith community nurses.
Bryan Anderson
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Emeritus | andbry@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1991
Professor Anderson's research interests include water remediation, fossil excavation, forest and management.
Thomas Becknell
Professor of English Emeritus | t-becknell@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1984
Becknell teaches introductory and advanced courses on American literature, environmental writing, and modern myth makers. He received the Faculty Excellence Award for teaching in 1995. He is the author of a book of spiritual lessons from nature, Of Earth and Sky, and articles on American literary history.
John Bower
Professor of Social Work Emeritus | j-bower@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1978
Professor of Social Work Emeritus
Tim Bredow
Professor of Nursing Emeritus | bretim@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1998
Family nurse practitioner at North Metro Pediatrics; co-editor of "Middle Range Theories: Application to Nursing Research"; interests in nursing as male profession and a Christian worldview of nursing
Susan Brooks
Professor of English Emerita | susan-brooks@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1998
Dr. Brooks works primarily with the Communication Arts and Literature Education major, preparing students to be high school and middle school English teachers. Her scholarship focuses on best practices in reading and writing--particularly how people's underlying ideas about the nature of literature affect the ways they read, write and teach. She specializes in young adult literature and recently had a chapter published in Teens and the New Religious Landscape: Essays on Religion in Young. . . read more.
Scott Brown
Professor of Mathematics Education Emeritus | sbrown@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1996
Brown has years of practical classroom experience as a mathematics teacher in the public schools of Cody, Wyoming. He teaches a wide range of courses in both mathematics and education and oversees Bethel's 5-8 and 5-12 math education programs, ensuring compliance with Minnesota teacher licensure requirements.
Connie Clark
Professor of Nursing Emerita | c-clark@bethel | Started at Bethel: 2009
Published research and presentations on professional socialization of nursing students, theory of socialization of clinical nursing faculty, and support needs of immigrant Somali mothers in Minnesota; co-authored article on online orientation; focus on leadership, research, and online learning; C.N.E
Patrice Conrath
Associate Professor of Mathematics Emerita | conrath@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1988
Conrath's operations research course at Bethel includes an extensive real-world modeling study carried out by her students, such as simulation modeling of Bethel's financial aid office and dining center. Conrath manages the department's placement testing as well as the hiring and training of tutors for the Math Lab. She also serves as the undergraduate Director of Advising.
David Danforth
Associate Professor of Business Emeritus | dandav@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1988
Associate Professor of Business Emeritus
Patricia Danforth
Assistant Professor of Education Emerita | danpat@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1991
Assistant Professor of Education Emerita
Nikki Daniels
Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership Emerita | n-daniels@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1989
Self Analysis, Self Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Team Development
Teresa DeGolier
Professor of Biological Sciences Emerita | t-degolier@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1994
DeGolier's research interests include smooth muscle physiology and pharmacology in vitro, peptide regulation of gastrointestinal, uterine, and vascular smooth muscle motility, and the use of herbs in alternative medicine.
Jamie Dolieslager
Associate Professor of Athletic Training Emerita | doljam@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2000
Associate Professor Dolieslager taught in the Human Kinetics and Applied Health Sciences department
Karen Drake
Professor of Nursing Emerita | k-drake@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1993
Simulation, development of cultural competence through study abroad
Michael Dreher
Professor of Communication Emeritus | mdreher@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1997
Dreher's research and publishing have focused on political and religious rhetoric, the rhetoric of mathematics and science, and forensic pedagogy. He is also interested in issues of web accessibility and standards.
Neal Dutton
Associate Professor of Human Kinetics and Applied Health Science Emeritus | dutnea@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1980
Athletic Training, Nutrition, and Wellbeing
Lorraine Eitel
Associate Professor of English Emerita | lorraineeitel@gmail.com | Started at Bethel: 1974
Associate Professor of English Emerita
Pamela Erwin
Professor of Biblical Studies Emerita | perwin@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002
Ministry
Tim Essenburg
Professor of Economics Emeritus | esstim@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1989
Teaching and scholarly interests in macroeconomics, urban community revitalization, socioeconomic inequality, and reconciliation in a racialized society.
Mary Fall
Associate Professor of Music Emerita | wkfall@gmail.com | Started at Bethel: 1979
Associate Professor of Music Emerita
Kirk Freeman
Professor of Art Emeritus | frekir@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1987
Professor of Art Emeritus
Pamela Friesen
Associate Professor of Nursing Emerita | p-friesen@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1985
Specialty area of Women's Health; teaching in courses related to cultural diversity/cultural competence; ongoing research in promotion of undergraduate student success; contributing author for the Student TXT column in the Journal of Christian Nursing.
Linde Getahun
Associate Professor of Psychology Emerita | getlin@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1994
Associate Professor of Psychology Emerita
Eric Gossett
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Emeritus | gossett@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1978
Gossett pioneered the use of Mathematica within the curriculum and published the textbook Discrete Mathematics with Proof, Second Edition. He developed Bethel's first generation of web services and is the faculty sponsor of the Bethel Anime Club.
Thomas Greenlee
Professor of Physics Emeritus | gretom@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1979
Dr. Greenlee received his bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Michigan Technological University and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the California Institute of Technology. His doctoral dissertation was in experimental atomic spectroscopy applied to the determination of the solar abundance of manganese. Since coming to Bethel, he has had grants from 3M for laser interferometry to measure roughness of surfaces and temperatures of gases. Dr. Greenlee was awarded two summer research . . . read more.
Adele Greenlee
Professor of Education Emerita | a-greenlee@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1993
Professor of Education Emerita
Chuck Hannema
Associate Professor of Business Emeritus | charles-hannema@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002
Commercial and investment banking and capital markets, with 20 years in corporate roles. An area of great interest to him is behavioral finance and the role that impact investing plays in promoting social good.
Steven Henkel
Professor of Human Kinetics and Applied Health Science Emeritus | s-henkel@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1986
Henkel speaks and writes about creative movement, motor skill development, character development, and developmentally appropriate games for children and youth.
John Herzog
Professor of Biblical Studies Emeritus | jjherzog@gmail.com | Started at Bethel: 1981
Professor of Biblical Studies Emeritus
Brian Holland
Associate Professor of Business Emeritus | holbri@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1985
Healthcare finance, working capital issues, and consulting with small businesses.
Ann Holland
Professor of Nursing Emerita | ann-holland@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2006
Professional work experiences in staff, education, and leadership roles in adult critical care; Academic leadership roles in associate-degree nursing education; Teaching in baccalaureate pre-licensure nursing education focused on adult medical/surgical nursing and nursing leadership
Michael Holmes
University Professor of Biblical Studies and Early Christianity Emeritus | holmic@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1982
New Testament and early Christianity, with special interests in New Testament textual criticism and the apostolic fathers
Sandi Horn
Associate Professor of Education Emerita | sandi-horn@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1997
Horn's research interests include charter school development, experiential learning for teacher education candidates, and integration of social studies concepts into elementary curriculum. Her teaching specialties include introduction to education and elementary social studies methods.
James Hurd
Professor of Anthropology Emeritus | hurd@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1982
Cross-cultural Christianity, Amish and Mennonite culture, sociobiology, Latin America, demography, physical anthropology, concepts of community.
Andy Johnson
Associate Professor of Psychology Emeritus | ajohnson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1995
Dr. Andy Johnson's research interests include religion and gender violence. He edited the volume "Religion and Men's Violence Against Women."
Lucie Johnson
Professor of Psychology Emerita | johluc@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1980
Professor of Psychology Emerita
Herbert Johnson
Professor of Music Emeritus | herbert-johnson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2008
Professor of Music Emeritus
Dale Johnson
Professor of Art Emeritus | johdal@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1970
Professor of Art Emeritus
Gregg Johnson
Professor of Biological Sciences Emeritus | g-johnson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1975
Johnson's research interests include genetic toxicology, sister chromatid exchange, and behavioral responses in animals to hormonal and chemical stimuli.
Ian Johnston
Professor of Biological Sciences Emeritus | i-johnston@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1988
Johnston's research interests include microbial landscapes on the surfaces of reef-coral tissues in relation to coral disease, stewardship of coral reefs, and interactions between science and Christian faith.
Maureen Juarez
Assistant Professor of Nursing Emerita | m-juarez@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1984
Assistant Professor of Nursing Emerita
Herb Klem
Professor of Global and Contextual Ministries Emeritus | hklem@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1980
Theology
David Klostreich
Associate Professor of Physical Education Emeritus | klolois@comcast.net | Started at Bethel: 1970
Associate Professor of Physical Education Emeritus
James Koch
Professor of Psychology Emeritus | je-koch@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1984
Professor of Psychology Emeritus
Marion Larson
Professor of English Emerita | m-larson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1986
Larson's favorite thing about teaching English is getting to read and think about books that are so different from daily life, yet hold so many important connections; and she loves doing this with faculty and students who also enjoy it. Her most recent publication (with Bethel philosophy colleague Sara Shady) is a 2017 book, From Bubble to Bridge: Educating Christians for a Multifaith World. She has also published articles in areas related to interfaith dialogue and faculty development, and. . . read more.
John Lawyer
Professor of Political Science Emeritus | lawjoh@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1976
Research interests in Celtic studies, international relations, foreign policy, European politics and globalization
Jason Li
Professor of Psychology Emeritus | j-li@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1985
Li focuses his research on cross-cultural and multi-cultural competence in counseling. He also has a passion for exploring the integration of psychological and Christian perspectives in counseling.
Ben K Lim
Professor of Marital and Family Therapy Emeritus | b-lim@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002
Dr. Lim's teaching, writing, and specializations include systemic relational therapy, premarital counseling, marriage enrichment, parenting, multicultural therapy, spiritual issues, missionaries, and pastoral self-care, trauma, grief, and loss issues. In addition to training therapists, he also teaches pastoral care classes for ministers of the Gospel. An ordained minister, Ben has pastored for many years in different churches in Malaysia, Singapore, Texas, and California. Ben is a Clinical. . . read more.
Karen McKinney
Professor of Biblical Studies Emerita | mckkar@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1995
Youth ministries and biblical theology, with a special interest in experiential education, anti-racism, and diversity.
Steven McNeel
Professor of Psychology Emeritus | mcnste@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1978
Professor of Psychology Emeritus
Katherine Nevins
Professor of Psychology Emerita | k-nevins@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1981
Nevins focuses her research on college student development, women's lives and choices, strategies for improving teaching and learning, and conflict resolution.
Nancy Olen
Professor of Nursing Emerita | n-olen@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1982
Professor of Nursing Emerita
Bruce Olsen
Associate Professor of Business Emeritus | bruce-olsen@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1998
Bruce received his MBA, specializing in accounting, from the University of Minnesota. He is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of Minnesota. His interests include auditing practices and procedures, financial accounting, and personal financial planning. He holds memberships in the American Institute of CPAs and the Minnesota Society of CPAs.
Patricia Paulson
Professor of Science Education Emerita and Professor of Biological Sciences Emerita | patricia-paulson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1999
Paulson focuses her research on trustworthy practices for teaching and learning, focusing specifically on integrating scientific practices. She has led the GEMS program, coordinated the STEM program, and taught Life Science Concepts, Applied STEM Practices, and Science Curriculum and Methods at all levels. With the completion of her phased in retirement in June 2020, Paulson serves as an adjunct instructor in the Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership program, teaching the Curriculum and Inst. . . read more.
Jolene Pearson
Associate Professor of Education Emerita | jolene-pearson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2012
Dr. Pearson has focused her research on pre-service teacher preparation. Her dissertation was entitled: Too Important to Ignore: Teaching Pre-Service Teachers about Infants and Toddlers. Her current research is focused on analysis of student's reflective journals to understand how they interpret their experiences in early childhood classrooms during practicums. In Fall 2018 her sabbatical research will take her to the University of Iceland, Queen Maud University in Norway, Roehampton Univ. . . read more.
Sandra Peterson
Professor of Nursing Emerita | sj-peterson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1981
Professor of Nursing Emerita
Beth Peterson
Professor of Nursing Emerita | e-peterson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1982
Dr. Peterson's areas of interest include mental health nursing, nursing care of the elderly, gerontology, end of life care, nursing curriculum development and assessment, and the theology of suffering. Her publications and presentations primarily focus on faith and health integration, suffering, and professional boundaries.
Richard Peterson
University Professor of Physics Emeritus | petric@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1980
Dick Peterson received a Ph.D. in physics at Michigan State followed by a postdoctoral position in optical plasma diagnostics at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He has worked with Bethel students in developing new methods for fast optical measurements and received the American Physical Society's (APS) national prize for research at an undergraduate school and was elected a Fellow of the APS in 2005. He was elected to serve in 2003-2007 within the Presidential track of the American Associat. . . read more.
Dennis Port
Professor of Music Emeritus | porden@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1995
Professor of Music Emeritus
Don Postema
Professor of Philosophy Emeritus | d-postema@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1978
Don Postema is active in healthcare ethics in a variety of professional communities. His interests include aesthetics, bioethics, healthcare ethics, 19th-20th century history of philosophy, and film studies.
Carl Rasmussen
Professor of Old Testament Emeritus | rascar@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1980
Professor of Old Testament Emeritus
Jay Rasmussen
Professor of Education Emeritus | rasjay@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1997
Jay has served for 27 years as a teacher educator and is currently a Professor Emeritus of Education at Bethel University. Teaching responsibilities included undergraduate and graduate level courses in literacy education and assessment. His previous administrative responsibilities included serving as a Faculty Development Coordinator at Bethel and as the Program Director for the M.A. Program in Education: K-12. From 1997-2006 which he helped develop and oversee four master's programs and on. . . read more.
Paul Reasoner
Professor of Philosophy Emeritus | reapau@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1984
Reasoner presents and publishes on Confucian sincerity, reincarnation and karma, and forgiveness in Buddhist and Christian rituals. His interests include Asian philosophy, aesthetics, philosophy of religion, and epistemology.
Rick Rees
Professor of Theatre Arts Emeritus | reeric@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1980
Professor of Theatre Arts Emeritus
James Reynhout
Professor of Biological Sciences Emeritus | j-reynhout@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1980
Professor of Biological Sciences Emeritus
Mark Rhoads
Professor of Music Emeritus | rhomar@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1988
Rhoads teaches courses in church music, music education, and gen. ed. arts courses. He is a member of the Hymn Society of the United States and Canada and is active in discussions on music and worship, with current research in American hymnody, especially the reform movement in the American Protestant church in the early 19th century. Rhoads is active in church music as director, hymn and tune writer, and worship planner. He also writes and publishes poetry.. . . read more.
Daniel Ritchie
Professor of English Emeritus | d-ritchie@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1985
During his 37 years at Bethel, Daniel Ritchie taught English literature and (in 2002) guided Bethel's efforts to begin a multi-course Humanities Program. During his career, he won grants from the the Newberry Library (2017) and from the National Endowment for the Humanities Program (2007 and 2013) to support the Humanities Program and an interdisciplinary course on leisure. He led seven study-abroad courses, including five of Bethel's "England Term" semesters. In 2001, He won Bethel's Facul. . . read more.
Ruben Rivera
Associate Professor of History Emeritus | ruben-rivera@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1997
Ruben was the Chief Diversity Officer at Bethel University, and has long been a faculty of the history department and taught one course each semester at the college and one in the summer at the graduate school. As Chief Diversity Officer, Ruben engaged in numerous strategic initiatives across all our schools, including the Shalom seminar, developing institutional capacity in cultural intelligence and intergroup dialogue, racial and other forms of bias mitigation, hiring for inclusive excell. . . read more.
George Robinson
Professor of Art Emeritus | georgerob.art@comcast.net | Started at Bethel: 1969
Professor of Art Emeritus
Ken Rohly
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus | rohly@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1987
Ken's research is focused on solution, surface, and materials chemistry applied to industrial applications. His major area of interest has been the modification of the surface chemistry of metallic and polymeric biomaterials used for devices implanted in the body. Recent research projects include the development and understanding of ion-exchange materials, physical and chemical adsorption phenomena, the application of biocides in medical device processes, microencapsulation and controlled r. . . read more.
Wayne Roosa
University Professor of Art History Emeritus | rooway@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1983
Art history
Marjorie Schaffer
University Professor of Nursing Emerita | m-schaffer@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1984
University Professor of Nursing Emerita
Harley Schreck
Professor of Anthropology Emeritus | h-schreck@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1988
Schreck is an anthropologist who previously worked with World Vision, an international Christian aid and development agency. He teaches courses in Amsterdam and India and often involves students in his research in Northeast Minneapolis, which looks at urban change and social capital. He is also co-director of the Master of Arts in Gerontology program at Bethel.
Rebecca Seaberg
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Emerita | rseaberg@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2004
With experience teaching junior and senior high mathematics, Seaberg teaches a variety of math courses, including those that train elementary math teachers and the general education math courses. She has also supervised Bethel's senior math education.
Timothy Shaw
Professor of Biological Sciences Emeritus | t-shaw@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1985
Shaw's research interests include development of chick nervous system, the brain and feeding behavior, relationships between the structure of the brain and behavior, progress in new clinical treatment options, and the biology of morality.
Deborah Sullivan-Trainor
Associate Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Emerita | d-sullivan@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1999
I came to Bethel to teach French and to serve as the chair of the modern world languages department. I moved into administration in 2005 overseeing advising, the catalog, general education, and faculty development. In 2014, I was named Vice President and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. In this position, I work with a great team of deans and program directors and oversee all aspects of academics, including the curriculum, the faculty, advising, student academic support, career d. . . read more.
Paul Tavernier
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus | p-tavernier@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1973
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Daniel Taylor
Professor of English Emeritus | d-taylor@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1977
Professor of English Emeritus
Arthur Terry
Associate Professor of Communication Studies Emeritus | a-terry@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2006
Terry's research interests include screenwriting, film, the history of film, and the films of African American filmmakers.
Steven Thompson
Professor of Music Emeritus and Professor of Music Education Emeritus | s-thompson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002
Professor of Music Emeritus
Jone Tiffany
Professor of Nursing Emerita | tifjon@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2001
Dr. Tiffany is a Professor of Nursing, Healthcare Education Consultant, and Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach. In her academic role, she is involved in designing and implementing simulations in the lab and in virtual settings; the use educational technology; and teaches Innovations in Nursing Education and Nursing Informatics. She also chairs the Credentialing and Privileging sub-committee of the Board of Directors for the Fairview Care system in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Tiffany has presented n. . . read more.
Sandra Traudt
Associate Professor of Social Work Emerita | s-traudt@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1999
Sande Traudt has specialized experience in integrative practice; children, youth, and families; gerontology; group work; ethics; supervision; violence prevention and intervention; trauma informed practice; resiliency; justice and spirituality; compassion fatigue; and self-care. Her years in social work education have focused on faculty liaison work, integrative seminar, practice based research, ethics, experiential learning, and utilization of case studies in social work education.. . . read more.
Jonathan Veenker
Associate Professor of Music Emeritus | j-veenker@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1988
Associate Professor of Music Emeritus
Joann Wessman
Professor of Nursing Emerita | jwessman@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1998
Professor of Nursing Emerita
David Wetzell
Associate Professor of Mathematics Emeritus | wetzell@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1985
Wetzell specializes in probability and statistics. He advises students on careers in actuarial science, and was active in developing calculus reform materials and extending that approach into the sophomore year in the multivariable calculus and differential equations courses.
Glen Wiebe
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Emeritus | wiebe@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1982
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Emeritus
Louise Wilson
Associate Professor of Education Emerita | louise-wilson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1999
Associate Professor of Education Emerita
Carole Young
Dean of Natural and Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Psychology Emerita | youcar@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1990
Young focuses her research on the processes of retrieving knowledge from semantic memory. Specifically, she looks at what retrieval strategies people use and how metacognitive factors influence the choice of strategies.
Samuel Zalanga
Professor of Sociology Emeritus and Professor of Social Work Emeritus | szalanga@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1999
Zalanga's doctoral fieldwork focused on the comparative role of ruling elite coalitions in development policy formulation and implementation in Malaysia and Nigeria. He specifically studied the process and politics of neoliberal economic reforms and implementation in the two countries as part of a broader global political-economic issue of the relative role of states and the market in the contemporary incarnation of global capitalism. Zalanga grew up in the rural, social margins, and peri. . . read more.
Meg Zauner
Associate Professor of Theatre Emerita | mzauner@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1997
Associate Professor of Theatre Emerita